Photos: Drought and famine threaten millions of lives in the Horn of Africa
Two severely malnourished children lie on a table in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia due to lack of water and food.
Somalis who fled from the drought-raved southern part of the country hold pots and containers as they wait to receive food at a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.
A woman and her children displaced by drought from southern Somalia sit in an open area in a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.
A woman from southern Somalia prepares food as her children watch at a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.
Families from southern Somalia stand around a pool of rainwater in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday, July 11, 2011, after fleeing the drought-ravaged region.
A Somali government soldier stands guard as refugees from the drought-ravaged southern part of the country make their way to a new camp in southern Mogadishu's Hosh neighborhood on Tuesday, July 12, 2011.
Somali refugees from the drought-ravaged southern part of their country walk in line after receiving food, money and blankets distributed by their government in Mogadishu on Monday July 11, 2011.
Refugees from drought-ravaged southern Somalia wait for food aid from a Muslim Aid Organization, on Sunday, July 10, 2011, in Mogadishu, Somalia.